Venezuelan Bishop calls for attention to suffering citizens

The President of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, calls on the government to tend to the suffering of its citizens amid the pandemic.

By Vatican News

In an interview for Venezuelan news channel Telesur, the President of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop José Luis Azuaje has appealed for the alleviation of “the suffering of Venezuelans.”

The Archbishop’s concerns

The Archbishop’s concerns revolve around the lockdown situation in the country that has now lasted for eight weeks. He pointed out that “the country is not able to extend the period of isolation because the current crisis has already created countless difficulties, especially in the field of public services.” Besides this, there is “the shortage of fuel and the excessive increase in consumer prices.”